'Nick Ross and the myth of the self-guiding penis'

Flint · 06-01-2013, 12:36 AM

A couple of thoughts that occasionally trouble me:

1) The brain regions that regulate impules and correlate actions to consequences are not fully developed until somewhere in a person's twenties !!!

You can form an abstract association in a child's mind between what they are / are not supposed to do, or have them internalize a rules set, but unless they fall way outside the bell curve of Piaget's developmental stages, they aren't going to fully grasp these things in a larger context.

2) Our impulse control, etc. (and basically everything about us) is genetically coded to a great extent... making us all automatons, right? I cannot validate a good argument for 'free will' unless the laws of physics are not obeyed.

So... we may as well just go ahead and lock certain people up, right?

Or kill them at birth, if they fail a genetic test for social adaptability to a predetermined standard.

Catching them after they do stuff and putting them in jail sure as hell isn't going to change their brain chemistry.

06-01-2013, 12:36 AM	#8
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	A couple of thoughts that occasionally trouble me: 1) The brain regions that regulate impules and correlate actions to consequences are not fully developed until somewhere in a person's twenties !!! You can form an abstract association in a child's mind between what they are / are not supposed to do, or have them internalize a rules set, but unless they fall way outside the bell curve of Piaget's developmental stages, they aren't going to fully grasp these things in a larger context. 2) Our impulse control, etc. (and basically everything about us) is genetically coded to a great extent... making us all automatons, right? I cannot validate a good argument for 'free will' unless the laws of physics are not obeyed. So... we may as well just go ahead and lock certain people up, right? Or kill them at birth, if they fail a genetic test for social adaptability to a predetermined standard. Catching them after they do stuff and putting them in jail sure as hell isn't going to change their brain chemistry. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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